The 8 Best Things About Mick Jagger Having a Baby at 73

As you’ve likely heard, ol’ Mick Jagger recently became a dad for the eighth time at the young age of 73. The mom is 29-year-old girlfriend and ballerina Melanie Hamrick. Yes, apparently, they got past first position.

Mick is already a father to seven kids who range in age from 45 to 17, a grandfather to five and a great-grandfather to a little girl who was born in May. But, hey, what is age but a number that gets Mick a discount at the Soup Plantation? So in celebration of this truly unbelievable news, we present to you…

The 8 Best Things About Mick Jagger Having a Baby at 73

#8 – When the baby cries in the middle of the night, Mick will already be up, going to the bathroom for the third time.

#7 – Daddy-and-Me diapers.

#6 – Creaking bones are good for waking up the kid for school in the morning.

#5 – Bad lower back means he has the perfect excuse for making the kid clean up all the toys.

#4 – Doesn’t have to worry about the kid giving him gray hairs. Already has plenty.

#3 – Diminishing vision means harder to see spots on furniture and dirt on clothes. (Ignorance is bliss!)

#2 – Can make the kid roll his eyes with stories such as, “I remember a time when my songs were on VINYL RECORDS…”

#1 – When the kid asks for help with his U.S. History homework, he’ll be impressed to find out his dad was once friends with Abraham Lincoln.